As of last Friday, American Express has increased the sign-up bonuses on the two British Airways American Express cards. The Premium Plus version, with the £150 annual fee, now offers 25,000 Avios .....

As of last Friday, American Express has increased the sign-up bonuses on the two British Airways American .....

26 Apr 201526 April 2015 by Rob Burgess • 47 comments

Some news in brief: £15 of free Starbucks in Heathrow Terminal 5C scrapped If you had a flight departing from Pier C at Heathrow Terminal 5, you were stuffed in terms of lounge access because BA .....

Some news in brief: £15 of free Starbucks in Heathrow Terminal 5C scrapped If you had a flight departing from .....

26 Apr 201526 April 2015 by Rob Burgess • 11 comments

Perhaps it is the fact that Qatar now owns 10% of BA’s parent company that is encouraging BA to follow Qatar Airways into ultra-low pricing? I’m not sure what other explanation there .....

Perhaps it is the fact that Qatar now owns 10% of BA’s parent company that is encouraging BA to .....

25 Apr 201525 April 2015 by Rob Burgess • 94 comments

Here is the latest edition of our regular feature which summarises offers that are ending soon. It pulls together the different deals mentioned on our Top Avios Points Earning Offers, Top Hotel Bonus .....

Here is the latest edition of our regular feature which summarises offers that are ending soon. It pulls .....

25 Apr 201525 April 2015 by Rob Burgess • 24 comments

Late last night, IHG Rewards Club released a list of the hotels which will be changing reward categories on May 1st. You download the list as a PDF here. A lot of this was already predicted because it .....

Late last night, IHG Rewards Club released a list of the hotels which will be changing reward categories on .....

25 Apr 201525 April 2015 by Rob Burgess • 15 comments

Head for Points is partially funded through the commission we receive from readers who use the links to our affiliates. Our main non-travel affiliate partners – whose logos you will see on the site .....

Head for Points is partially funded through the commission we receive from readers who use the links to our .....

25 Apr 201525 April 2015 by Rob Burgess

For the last couple of months, the taxi ordering app Hailo – which is now operating in Madrid and Barcelona – has been running a special promotion with Iberia Plus. If you download the .....

For the last couple of months, the taxi ordering app Hailo – which is now operating in Madrid and .....

24 Apr 201524 April 2015 by Rob Burgess • 78 comments

There has been quite a bit of Starwood coverage on Head for Points over the last week or so.  One thing that came to mind during all this is that I have never written about SPG Hot Escapes, which is .....

There has been quite a bit of Starwood coverage on Head for Points over the last week or so.  One thing that .....

24 Apr 201524 April 2015 by Rob Burgess • 5 comments

There are two interesting Tesco deals running at the moment: Pay £5 for a £10 Tesco gift card via Mighty Deals Via the Mighty Deals website, you can currently buy a £10 Tesco gift card for just .....

There are two interesting Tesco deals running at the moment: Pay £5 for a £10 Tesco gift card via Mighty .....

24 Apr 201524 April 2015 by Rob Burgess • 26 comments

When Tesco Bank launched its current account last year, it was done very quietly.  They wanted to make sure that their systems worked and did not want to attract a huge rush of business on Day One. .....

When Tesco Bank launched its current account last year, it was done very quietly.  They wanted to make sure .....

23 Apr 201523 April 2015 by Rob Burgess • 64 comments

News in brief: Get 10% off lastminute.com hotel bookings TODAY lastminute.com is due to be holding a special hotel event today.  Assuming the codes are working OK, you should find that promo code .....

News in brief: Get 10% off lastminute.com hotel bookings TODAY lastminute.com is due to be holding a special .....

23 Apr 201523 April 2015 by Rob Burgess • 11 comments

I cut back on my coverage of the Sirius loyalty programme run by Jumeirah Hotels when they stopped being a partner of the UK American Express Membership Rewards programme. It does remain a partner of .....

I cut back on my coverage of the Sirius loyalty programme run by Jumeirah Hotels when they stopped being a .....

23 Apr 201523 April 2015 by Rob Burgess • 14 comments

Two weeks ago, a Head for Points reader sent me an odd market research survey he had received.  It wanted volunteers who were planning to fly certain BA long-haul routes this Summer because “BA .....

Two weeks ago, a Head for Points reader sent me an odd market research survey he had received.  It wanted .....

22 Apr 201522 April 2015 by Rob Burgess • 68 comments

This is my review of the Aloft London Excel hotel at the Excel centre in East London. The Aloft website is here if you want to find out more. When Starwood invited me to try out the SPG Suite at the .....

This is my review of the Aloft London Excel hotel at the Excel centre in East London. The Aloft website is .....

22 Apr 201522 April 2015 by Rob Burgess • 14 comments